Non-refillable bottle.



Pat ent ed July 30, 1901.

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NON-BEFILLABLE BOTTLE.

(Apphcstwn filed Nov 1 1900) (No Model.)

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED THEBARGE, OF LAOONIA, NEWV HAMPSHIRE.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 679,646, dated July 30,1901. Application filed November 1, 1900. Serial No. 353 (NO 111061813T0 (tZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED THEBARGE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Laconia, in the county of Belknap and State of NewHampshire, have invented a new and useful Non-Refillable Bottle, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The invent-ion relates to improvements in non-refillable bottles.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofnon-refillable bottles and to provide a simple, inexpensive, andefficient one, which must be sufficiently mutilated in obtaining accessto its contents to prevent it from being ever afterward used as anoriginal package.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional View of a portion of anon-refillable bottle constructed in accordance with this invention.Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the upper stopper and theresilient locking device. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the upper stopper.Fig. 4 is a similar view of the locking device.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

1 designates the neck of a bottle; but the invention is applicable tovarious other receptacles having necks similar to bottles, and the saidneck 1 is provided with a breakable upper portion 2, which is connectedwith the lower portion 3 by a frangible ligament or weakened portion,preferably formed by an interior groove 4:. The weakened portion, whichis adapted to permit the upper portion of the neck to be readily brokenoff, may be formed in any other suitable manner, and the lower portion 3of the neck is designed to receive an ordinary cork or stopper 5. Thelower cork or stopper 5, which is arranged below the groove 4, may bereadily forced into the neck by a suitable plunger, and any suitablesealing material may be applied to the lower cork or stopper, ifdesired.

The upper portion of the neck receives an upper stopper 6, of glass orother suitable material, provided at its upper end with a head 7,extending over and covering the upper edges of the neck of the bottle,as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings. The upperstopper, which forms a guard or shield, is preferably provided with aconvex face at the head or cap 7, and it is secured in place by aresilient locking device 8. The cap or head 7 may be of any otherconfiguration, and the body portion of the stopper 6 terminates short ofthe lower end of the upper breakable portion of the neck and is providedwith a transverse slot 9 and side grooves 10.

The resilient locking device, which is approximately U-shaped, iscomposed of sides 11 and a connecting cross-piece 12, the crosspiece12"being arranged in the transverse slot or recess9 and the sides 11being engaged with the grooves 10, whereby the resilient locking deviceis positively secured to the upper stopper. The sides 11 are spread orexpanded in applying the resilient lockin g device to the upper stopper,and it is thereby firmly held in position. The lower ends of the sides11 are provided with outwardly-extending engaging portions or arms13,which extend into opposite recesses or sockets 14 of the neck 1, andthe said neck is provided at opposite sides with vertical grooves 15,arranged at opposite sides of its interior and forming guides fordirecting the engaging portions or arms 13 to the sockets 1 1. Thesockets 14 form opposite shoulders, and the sides 11 projectsufficiently below the lower end of the upper stopper to enable them tobe readily compressed in introducing the upper stopper into the neck.The grooves 10 are arranged centrally of the sides of the upper stopperand the horizontal slot or recess extends from one side of the stopperto the center thereof and connects the grooves.

When it is desired to obtain access to the contents of the bottle orother receptacle, the neck, or rather the upper portion thereof, isbroken off and the lower stopper will prevent any fragments of glassfrom falling into the receptacle. It is impossible to obtain access tothe contents of the bottle or other receptacle without mutilating thesame, and it will be perfectly clear that after the bottle or otherreceptacle has been mutilated it cannot be refilled and resold as anoriginal package. It will also be apparent that the device will insurethe genuineness of the contents of a receptacle, as the latter cannot beadulterated.

What I claim is In a device of the class described, the combination of areceptacle having a neck provided with an upper breakable portion, saidbreakable portion being provided with interior shoulders and havingguide-grooves extending from the upper edges of the neck to the saidshoulders, a stopper provided with a head, and the fastening deviceprovided with approximately parallel sides clamping the v ALFREDTI-IEBARGE.

Witnesses i LOUIS R. DAVISON, TIMOTHE DAOUST.

